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Growers are being urged to follow stewardship guidelines following the first confirmed case of field resistance to the herbicide in the UK

"The control zone is there through no fault of any member within that control zone"

Nine cases of the virus have been detected outside the zone in Cheshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Cumbria, Anglesey, Gwynedd, Cornwall and North Yorkshire

Maintaining forage stocks during the winter and managing summer grazing are the main challenges at Commonwork, an organic dairy farm in Kent

Farmers in Suffolk have said they are dealing with 'severe economic losses' due to current restrictions on the movement of livestock

Suffolk sheep farmer Stephen Cobbald has explained the difficulty of farming in a bluetongue restricted zone

"It moves me to tears hearing how challenging it is for our farmers at the minute dealing with this awful virus"

The Government said there have also been two further cases in North East Lincolnshire

"Unfortunately it was just a matter of time for it to reach Lincolnshire"

Defra also confirmed seven new cases of the virus have been reported in the 'Restriction Zone' over the weekend